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it also has ties to the family in michigan. of course, president obama weighed in on this yesterday when he was in the state of michigan. i think the president got right to the heart of the matter and was on point. >> these so-called right-to-work laws don't have anything to do with economics. they have everything to do with politics. giving you the right to work for less money. >> joining me now is a reporter from mother jones magazine. great to have you with us, andy. take us behind the curtain and explain the relationship of the koch brothers and all of these right-to-work organizations that have been pushing this behind the scenes. >> what you see in michigan, behind the scenes as you say, are a number of grassroots groups that have names like americans for prosperity, michigan freedom fund and so forth. they are there to push lawmakers to pass right-to-work legislation, funded by some of the biggest interests on the conservative side. the koch brothers, we're talking about the prince family, eric prince used to run black w
it also has ties to the family in michigan. of course, president obama weighed in on this yesterday when he was in the state of michigan. i think the president got right to the heart of the matter and was on point. >> these so-called right-to-work laws don't have anything to do with economics. they have everything to do with politics. giving you the right to work for less money. >> joining me now is a reporter from mother jones magazine. great to have you with us, andy. take us...
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let's turn now to senator debbie stabenow of michigan. there's been a lot of conversation in the liberal community in this country about this. and democrats seem to be chomping at the bit. is this going to happen? are we going to see change? >> yes, i believe that we are going to see change. we have the support to make the changes and i think it's clear the public wants us to get something done. of course, we're going to work across a shouldn't be able to hold up the department of defense bill or in the case of my bringing jobs home act, which is so important for shipping jobs overseas, we had 57 votes but we couldn't get 60 to stop a filibuster and they didn't have to stand on the floor and talk so nobody knew who it was from block us to closing loopholes to bring jobs home. this is common sense. >> so senator, what's your response to mitch mcconnell when he says the filibuster reform is an effort to marginalize the minority party? >> it's crazy. he has been marginalizing the majority party. the last six years, there were 386 filibusters
let's turn now to senator debbie stabenow of michigan. there's been a lot of conversation in the liberal community in this country about this. and democrats seem to be chomping at the bit. is this going to happen? are we going to see change? >> yes, i believe that we are going to see change. we have the support to make the changes and i think it's clear the public wants us to get something done. of course, we're going to work across a shouldn't be able to hold up the department of defense...
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doesn't matter if you're a democrat or a republican in michigan, we want jobs in michigan and we don't want to have the insult of helping to pay for jobs that are packed up and sent overseas. so this is very simple. >> great to have you with us. makes sense to me and a lot of americans. we'll see where it goes. we'll score this to see what republicans side with workers in this country. there's a lot more coming up in the next half hour of "the ed show." >> he's speaking, by the way, of this business, like this one. if you have a business, you didn't build that. somebody else made that happen. >> middle class mitt romney takes another swipe at trying to help workers and totally misses. we'll explain with the big panel next. >>> how long can mitt romney's tax disaster go until the republicans start thinking about going to the bench? howard fineman weighs in. >>> and the labor leaders begin a new fight to raise the federal minimum wage. we'll tell you why a living wage needs to become a reality. idide? you're not my dad ahh!! hey honey, back feels better, little dancing tonight, you and m
doesn't matter if you're a democrat or a republican in michigan, we want jobs in michigan and we don't want to have the insult of helping to pay for jobs that are packed up and sent overseas. so this is very simple. >> great to have you with us. makes sense to me and a lot of americans. we'll see where it goes. we'll score this to see what republicans side with workers in this country. there's a lot more coming up in the next half hour of "the ed show." >> he's speaking,...
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and so people in michigan, i can tell you, look at this and say, are you kidding me? or they say other things. you know, unbelievable. and so this simply says we're not going to pay for that anymore. >> why won't republicans support it? why won't they support it. >> i don't know. i honestly don't know. they talk about, well, we need comprehensive tax reform. fine. let's start with closing this loophole first. you want to bring your jobs back, happy to let you write it off as a business expense. we'll even give you an additional 20% credit, but we're not paying to ship jobs overseas. >> it seems like the republicans are on the side of foreign countries right now. they won't amend something. they talk about creating jobs. they have blocked everything. is this political theatero do you think this will really work? >> we're going to put everybody on record and there's not one republican who should be voting against this. they should be joining every democrat in voting for this, and frankly, governor romney should be standing up and urging them to do that right now. it's v
and so people in michigan, i can tell you, look at this and say, are you kidding me? or they say other things. you know, unbelievable. and so this simply says we're not going to pay for that anymore. >> why won't republicans support it? why won't they support it. >> i don't know. i honestly don't know. they talk about, well, we need comprehensive tax reform. fine. let's start with closing this loophole first. you want to bring your jobs back, happy to let you write it off as a...
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we've had a lot of those conversations with people in michigan. now your testimony showed a sign that said we've seen 2.4 million american jobs shipped overseas in the past decade. truly, how is it that every u.s. lawmaker regardless of party affiliation isn't signing on to your bill? everyone should. >> you know, there is no question about that. we get things like wow, we need to do broad tax reform. okay, fine but let's start by closing this loophole first. this will be number one. loophole closing. and then we'll go on from there. there is no substantive reason we should be allowing a tax write-off for companies that are packing up and shipping the jobs overseas and then you have people in michigan, for example who not only lose their jobs, they get to help pay for the move. it is absolutely ridiculous. >> jennifer: so that's the loophole itself is that it allows them to deduct the expenses for moving? >> yes. what we're doing in the bill is very simple and straightforward. i really kept it that way. there is a lot of different issues in the ta
we've had a lot of those conversations with people in michigan. now your testimony showed a sign that said we've seen 2.4 million american jobs shipped overseas in the past decade. truly, how is it that every u.s. lawmaker regardless of party affiliation isn't signing on to your bill? everyone should. >> you know, there is no question about that. we get things like wow, we need to do broad tax reform. okay, fine but let's start by closing this loophole first. this will be number one....
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you were asking somebody a question from michigan. no one is upset and doing the full thing before we go. is there real back lash to the fact that they didn't deal with the disaster relief? >> the people who voted against it or decided not to do this in the senate assist the answer to that is no. they say that they have big organizations like the cattle ranchers behind them. in the case of debbie stabenow, she is up for reelection in three months and she -- it's hard to believe that she would go home without doing anything for those who were really the hardest hit who don't have help from the government if she thought it was a political liability. they think ultimately they will be okay but it is still going to be a big fight when they come back. >> a lot of people watching that and everybody around the country being hurt by that right now. >>> a disaster of biblical proportions in taiwan. we will show you pictures and the thin line between protecting doctor patient privileges. to... get in the way. not anymore. ink, the small busines
you were asking somebody a question from michigan. no one is upset and doing the full thing before we go. is there real back lash to the fact that they didn't deal with the disaster relief? >> the people who voted against it or decided not to do this in the senate assist the answer to that is no. they say that they have big organizations like the cattle ranchers behind them. in the case of debbie stabenow, she is up for reelection in three months and she -- it's hard to believe that she...
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as we know, in michigan. and we're starting to come back. but the pledge needs to be to the people of the country. and not to grover. and so i'm hopeful that we're going to be able to look at all of this and understand that we have to contribute to this. we'll see what the message was that the house republicans thought that they heard but i know that the public was sending us a message to sit down, work together, make it fair for everybody. everybody is willing to chip in and do their fair share but you know, we have to have everybody at the table and as we know, we're never going to get out of debt with 12 million people out of work so we better be focused on jobs. >> jennifer: right. that's exactly right. because you were mentioning the farm bill that you're the chair of the senate ag committee that bill, as you mentioned, is a bipartisan bill. and yet it still failed to pass because mcconnell said he didn't want to do it before the election. how can you get -- it died in the house right? >> well, it is on the house floor. it is actually o
as we know, in michigan. and we're starting to come back. but the pledge needs to be to the people of the country. and not to grover. and so i'm hopeful that we're going to be able to look at all of this and understand that we have to contribute to this. we'll see what the message was that the house republicans thought that they heard but i know that the public was sending us a message to sit down, work together, make it fair for everybody. everybody is willing to chip in and do their fair...
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peter hoekstra of michigan ran this ad during the super bowl. in his bid to unseat senator debbie stabenow. >> your economy get weak, ours get good. we get your jobs. >> despite outrage from democrats and republicans, he kept running the ad until five days ago. then his campaign replaced it. he scrubbed a website featuring debbie stabenow on a chinese fan. too late your poll numbers have dropped. stabenow leads the congressman 51 to 37%. most people were familiar with the ad, 45% said it made them less likely to vote for hoekstra, 15% said it made them more likely to vote for the former congressman. the actress in the ad apologized saying i'm dep deeply sorry for any pain the character i portrayed brought to my community. she said more but that is the only sentence we used. >>> one other story we have more on the story out of arizona, the union busting bill in arizona has hit a major road block. it is failing to get enough support from republicans. the proposed bill would have stripped collective bargaining rights from government workers in the
peter hoekstra of michigan ran this ad during the super bowl. in his bid to unseat senator debbie stabenow. >> your economy get weak, ours get good. we get your jobs. >> despite outrage from democrats and republicans, he kept running the ad until five days ago. then his campaign replaced it. he scrubbed a website featuring debbie stabenow on a chinese fan. too late your poll numbers have dropped. stabenow leads the congressman 51 to 37%. most people were familiar with the ad, 45%...
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in detroit, michigan, gena porter turned up to vote yesterday at 5:00 a.m. she discovered 200 people had beaten her to the line. 5:00 a.m. in racine, wisconsin, they ran out of ballots, which makes it awfully hard to vote. in florida, republicans cut the days for early voting in half. then early voters in miami had to wait while clerks printed out several pages of the ballot for each voter. it took until 1:00 in the morning for miami's last early voting voter to actually vote and took them until 1:00 a.m. on election day as well, waits of seven hours and more. with lines of a dizzying length in florida and virginia and ohio and maryland and north carolina and nevada and indiana, this was the stay in line election. people urging voters to please stay in line. no matter who you're voting for, stay in line, do not give up. #stayinline. not for any partisan outcome, but for the sake of your right the to vote. your heroism and patriotism were inspiring. you were going to vote, doggone it, no matter what. by making that sacrifice, you, you may have inspired change
in detroit, michigan, gena porter turned up to vote yesterday at 5:00 a.m. she discovered 200 people had beaten her to the line. 5:00 a.m. in racine, wisconsin, they ran out of ballots, which makes it awfully hard to vote. in florida, republicans cut the days for early voting in half. then early voters in miami had to wait while clerks printed out several pages of the ballot for each voter. it took until 1:00 in the morning for miami's last early voting voter to actually vote and took them...
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and frankly, as -- people in michigan are telling me, my family and friends, over christmas, is that they really want us just to sit down and work together and get something done. and when we're talking about an average of $2,200 in increased taxes potentially on a middle-class family, you know, i have one woman say that's four months' groceries for her kids. people here may think this is some kind of chess game. this is serious business. it's serious for the economy. it's serious for families. and you know, it's pretty hard to see this thing go round and round and round like it is. >> senator debbie stabenow of michigan, thank you very much for your time tonight. >> you're welcome. >> so maybe the super dangerous mess in washington is the fault of both sides. that's what people say. i mean, there are plenty of people who say that in public all the time. except that it is not. and we can prove it to you. that bit of business is coming up. ave a cold. [ sniffs ] i took dayquil but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer
and frankly, as -- people in michigan are telling me, my family and friends, over christmas, is that they really want us just to sit down and work together and get something done. and when we're talking about an average of $2,200 in increased taxes potentially on a middle-class family, you know, i have one woman say that's four months' groceries for her kids. people here may think this is some kind of chess game. this is serious business. it's serious for the economy. it's serious for families....
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next week, michigan, the fifth highest unionization rate, and the fifth highest unemployment rate in the country, may become the 24th right to work state. my suggestion, matt, wall street, main street, and all the rest, i'll know that the republican party is on the way back when they have a good sense from breaking up the biggest bans. >> absolutely. i don't know whether the gop sold to wall street or vice versa in this last election. but clearly, wall street tends to be relatively democratic in the past. now it's that close to the republican party right now. >>> meanwhile, at the same time, we got front page of "new york times" this morning, look at it right here, hillary clinton, 2016, all of her choices hinge on that. we also did a poll at abc news, this week, 57% of the country right now would support hillary clinton for president. james carville, of course, you worked closely with her for many years, it's safe to say that no one knows what she's going to do, the point is, every decision she makes now, she has to look at it through the prism of that bigger decision. right? >> sin
next week, michigan, the fifth highest unionization rate, and the fifth highest unemployment rate in the country, may become the 24th right to work state. my suggestion, matt, wall street, main street, and all the rest, i'll know that the republican party is on the way back when they have a good sense from breaking up the biggest bans. >> absolutely. i don't know whether the gop sold to wall street or vice versa in this last election. but clearly, wall street tends to be relatively...
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now this repeal of the 17th amendment is being spearheaded by republican senatorial candidates like michigan pete hoekstra, todd aiken and indiana richard moore dock without want to go back to the good old days when senators were appointed by state legislatures, a process the senate's own one site says was marked by deadlock, intimidation and bribery. in other words, exactly as it is now minus all that stupid voting. i mean after all, why should i have to vote for my senator. i already voted for my state senator. he knows what i like. let him order for me it makes me feel patch erred. you know, order me something nice. but remember, i'm allergic to shellfish and black people. now decides-- (laughter) >> the founders of in country meant the senate to have a completely different constituency. as moore dock explained the house of representatives was there to represent the people. the senate was there to represent the state. yes. the states need their own chamber of congress where they won't be bullied by the people who live in them. i mean the people are the problem. why do you think florida is
now this repeal of the 17th amendment is being spearheaded by republican senatorial candidates like michigan pete hoekstra, todd aiken and indiana richard moore dock without want to go back to the good old days when senators were appointed by state legislatures, a process the senate's own one site says was marked by deadlock, intimidation and bribery. in other words, exactly as it is now minus all that stupid voting. i mean after all, why should i have to vote for my senator. i already voted...
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answers. >> thank you, michigan senator debby spend it now. debby spend so much american money, you borrow more and more from us. your economy get very weak, ours get very good. >> the campaign that ran that ad is now trying to do more than rewrite it. they're trying to erase it from their campaign history. the actress who appeared in the ad, as we've previously reported, is not a chinese citizen, she is a californian who doesn't speak with an accent and is a graduate of uc berkeley, one of the finest colleges in the world. she bravely stepped forward last week and publicly apologized for her role in the ad, saying she is deeply sorry and feels horrible about her participation in the ad. the candidate who approved that message, republican pete hoekstra, who's running for senate in michigan against democrat debbie stabenow, has been sliding in the polls very badly since that ad went on the air, and that trend continues in our nbc news/marist poll, released today. hoekstra is now trailing stabenow but 21 points. and so, the hoekstra campaign, af
answers. >> thank you, michigan senator debby spend it now. debby spend so much american money, you borrow more and more from us. your economy get very weak, ours get very good. >> the campaign that ran that ad is now trying to do more than rewrite it. they're trying to erase it from their campaign history. the actress who appeared in the ad, as we've previously reported, is not a chinese citizen, she is a californian who doesn't speak with an accent and is a graduate of uc...
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host: michigan. judy. caller: in michigan here, in the primary in august, i voted to get debbie stabenow out of there. she is a democrat. i do not like her very liberal ways. how does that go in the fall and november since that was just a primary? i would like to see more social conservatives in november and take this country back the christian nation we were once upon a time. guest: that race looks like debbie stabenow,will win. that could be a kind of race republicans look to and say that is within striking distance. if we throw more money, perhaps we could knock senator debbie stabenow off. she is also chairman of the senate agricultural committee, which is trying to get a farm bill passed at the end of september. if she is able to pull off a deal, that would help her in michigan because she could say we have been able to strike a deal with republicans and come to a bipartisan consensus. it is not known how that will go, but not only is she facing a tough reelection, she has a tough job when congress ge
host: michigan. judy. caller: in michigan here, in the primary in august, i voted to get debbie stabenow out of there. she is a democrat. i do not like her very liberal ways. how does that go in the fall and november since that was just a primary? i would like to see more social conservatives in november and take this country back the christian nation we were once upon a time. guest: that race looks like debbie stabenow,will win. that could be a kind of race republicans look to and say that is...
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look, i think that in michigan, lawrence, you've got a situation that where if rick santorum is going to prevail there, mitt romney has most of the republican establishment lined up on his side. he has some favorite son status -- obviously, he has favorite son status abundance, but that's working for him to some extent. if rick santorum is going to win, he's got to line up conservatives and tea party voters. the question in this debate, i thought romney was fine in terms of defending that answer by trying to pin the problems on the uaw. i think the question in this debate was, how did rick santorum do in terms of advancing his aims with those two voting groups? and i thought that mitt romney on social conservatism was just as strong tonight as rick santorum. i thought santorum brought his "b" game on even those issues. i think he's been beaten up a little bit this week, and he was not as strong, even on conservative issues, as he has been in the past. and i think on this anti-government stuff that drives the tea party, i think howard's right, not only was he speaking legislative-ese a
look, i think that in michigan, lawrence, you've got a situation that where if rick santorum is going to prevail there, mitt romney has most of the republican establishment lined up on his side. he has some favorite son status -- obviously, he has favorite son status abundance, but that's working for him to some extent. if rick santorum is going to win, he's got to line up conservatives and tea party voters. the question in this debate, i thought romney was fine in terms of defending that...
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hoekstra is running for senate in michigan. in his latest campaign ad, hit democratic senator debbie stabenow, it aired during the super bowl. take a look. >> thank you, michigan senator, debbie spend it now. debbie spent so much money, you buy more and more from us. your economy get very weak, ours get very good. we take your jobs, thank you, debbie spen it now. >> i think the race for u.s. senate is between spend it now, and pete spend it not. i'm pete spend it not hoekstra, and i approve this message. >> needless to say folks on both sides of the aisle calling it racist, and really dumb. the ad was actually shot in k california and produced by fred davis, as well as the modern classic. >> i'm not a witch. >> to make sure all of the stereotypes in his ad sink in, his campaign set up a website featuring the ad with pictures of chinese money, lanterns, parade dragones and stabenow's face on a fan. earlier hoekstra was defending the ad telling the detroit free press there is nothing racist about it. here is hoekstra explaining t
hoekstra is running for senate in michigan. in his latest campaign ad, hit democratic senator debbie stabenow, it aired during the super bowl. take a look. >> thank you, michigan senator, debbie spend it now. debbie spent so much money, you buy more and more from us. your economy get very weak, ours get very good. we take your jobs, thank you, debbie spen it now. >> i think the race for u.s. senate is between spend it now, and pete spend it not. i'm pete spend it not hoekstra, and i...